The Best in Life...: 2/28/10

Friday, March 5, 2010

More challenge fun!

I'm on a challenge roll! Today I decided to play along with this week's Pink Elephant challenge which is to add green to your color combo. My color combo also fits in with this week's Try It Out Tuesday again (Pink, Sage and White). I used the sketch layout from Mercy's sketch (MTSC62) from last week (I'm a little late playing along but I really like last week's sketch).

For my card, I inked up another one of my brand new Elisabeth Bell stamps from SCACD. I absolutely LOVE these new Elisabeth Bell images! Today I used "New Friends". Isn't she just the sweetest image ever! You can purchase each of the new Elisabeth Bell images separately or you can buy the entire sheet of 7 stamps for an incredibly deal! I stamped my main image with Momento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her with Copic markers. The image is cut out with my Spellbinders circle Nestibilities...(And speaking of Spellbinders....Susana has the NEW Spellbinders Nestibilities in stock- Her prices are the best around too!). I finished off my card with some self adhesive pearls from Kaisercraft.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have an absolutely wonderful weekend!

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Friday Sketchers Sketch Challenge

This is my 2nd post for today. Be sure to scroll down to see a peek of the March SOTM from Paper Pretties.

I found some time to do another sketch challenge this week. This time I played along with the Friday Sketchers sketch challenge.

Here is their sketch:

Here is my card. I used the super cute Dino-mite stamp set from Our Craft Lounge along with some sentiment stamps from Fiskars.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you are all having an amazing week! Check back tomorrow for another fun SCACD card.

Paper Pretties March Release!

I hope everyone is having a great week! This week Paper Pretties released several new rubber and digi images. Today I'm giving you a sneak peak of the March Stamp of The Month. This stamp will be sent out to SOTM members this month and will be available in the Paper Pretties boutique to buy next month.
This new Sophia is just the cutest! The set is called "You're Maarvelous". This image totally reminds me of Annabelle. She is constantly dressing up...I'm talking like every single day, LOL. I had to add lots of glitter and some Sparkly Fluff to this cutie!

Be sure to check out the Paper Pretties boutique to see all of the March new releases!

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge and a Blog Hop!

It's Wednesday! That means it is time for another fun Wednesday Prettie Challenge and blog hop! This week our challenge comes from the incredibly talented Prettie Girl Frances! I always love the sketches Frances comes up with!

This week the design team will be using either the set Alwa ys in My Heart or Cuddle Me. I absolutely LOVE both of these stamp sets! Both stamp sets featured this week will be on sale for 20% off all week. Also be sure to check out the new digi stamp section of the boutique, Christie is adding new digis all the time!

Here is this week's sketch:

For my card, I used the set Always in My Heart. I honestly think this is my favorite Sophia EVER. She is just so stinkin cute! I paired her up with some fun Basic Grey Sugar Rush designer paper and coordinating brad.

If you are just starting at my blog, head on over to Christie's blog to start from the beginning. You definitely won't want to miss any of the stops! If you are following the hop, the next stop after my blog is the blog of Prettie Girl Kristy!

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a terrific day!

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Try It Out Tuesday!!!!

This is my 2nd post for today. Please be sure to scroll down to see my card for the Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge!

I have some SUPER EXCITING news to share today! A week or so ago I got an email from Susana, from Susana's Custom Art and Card Design, asking me if I would be interested in joining her design team for the next few months. I can't tell you how incredibly excited I was. I am completely in love with the GORGEOUS stamps Susana sells, as well as all of the other fabulous products in her store. It honestly took me about 2 seconds to make my decision!
Today is my first official Try It Out Tuesday as part of the SCACD design team and I am just absolutely giddy! This week's challenge {TIOT57} is a color challenge: Pink, Sage/Moss Green and White/Cream.

If you aren't familiar with SCACD I highly recommend you take a few minutes and browse through the store... you won't be disappointed!! Susana carries so many fabulous, top of the line products and her customer service is the best I've ever seen! For my card, I picked several of my favorite products from her store to use. Of coarse I just had to ink up one of SCACD's newly released Elisabeth Bell images. These new images are just incredible. This image is called "Oh Baby". Isn't she just the cutest thing ever! There were 7 new Elisabeth Bell images released and you can order them individually or you can order the entire Sampler Edition #3 collection for a fabulous discounted price! I also used some gorgeous new Prima flowers. Susana has a ton of the new Prima Innoscence flowers in stock. I LOVE these white flowers because they are completely customizable. You can leave them white, spray them with Shimmerz Spritz or Smooch Spritz, or you can even color them with Copic markers. I also used some of the pretty Prima mini roses. These are the perfect sized accent to go along with the bigger flowers. The gem accents in the corner are Kaiser self adhesive gems.

I also incorporated a couple other challenges into my card. My layout comes from this week's Taylored Expression sketch challenge and I also played along with the "It's All About Texture" challenge from Crazy 4 Challenges.

Be sure to check out the blogs of the rest of the incredibly talented SCACD design team members for more inspiration!

Suzanne Dean
Anki Bargman
Danni Bindel
Aud Nordheim
Jennifer Greco
Marti Wills
Carolyn Bounds
Dianne Prewitt

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you all have an incredible day!

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge

Welcome to another Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge. Our challenge this week is a color challenge. Make a card or project using white, brown and blue. We'd love for you to play along. If you do be sure to leave us a link to your project in the comments section of the challenge post on the Jacksonbelle blog or use keyword JBE095 when uploading to SCS or PCP.

For my card I used some super cute Jenni Bowlin designer paper. All Jenni Bowlin products are 30% off right now in the Jacksonbelle store.

For more inspiration, be sure to check out the blogs of all of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars!

Just a few more tidbits of info to pass on...Imaginisce, Pink Paislee, Stampavie (Not the new pre order) and Jenni Bowlin are all 30% off. You can also get 10% you entire order if you use promotion code JBEEMAIL when you check out. Remember shipping is always free for orders $85 and over. Oh and last but definitely not least Jacksonbelle has both the Basic Grey Kioshi and Basic Grey Green At Heart lines available for pre-order. These should be in the store within a week! There is also a pre-order for the new adorable Stampavie Sarah Kay images!!! Thanks for stopping by today! We hope you all have a great day!

Monday, March 1, 2010

Paper Pretties Release Day!

This is my 2nd post today. Please scroll down to see my Little Paper Shop Monday challenge card.

It's release day at Paper Pretties! There are some incredible rubber sets as well as some super fun digi stamps being released this month. The new sets should be available in the Paper Pretties boutique later today.
One of the rubber sets being released is called Ahoy Matey. This adorable set is perfect for baby cards.

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to check back tomorrow for the Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge and some other exciting news!

Little Paper Shop Monday Challenge!

Welcome back! I hope you all had a terrific weekend. It's Monday, that means it is time for another fun Little Paper Shop Challenge! This week we have a fabulous sketch challenge for all of you! We'd love for you to play along with us! If you do, be sure to leave a link to your card in the comments section of the LPS blog challenge post. One lucky random participant this week will win the set {Floral Wishes}.

Here is the sketch